Atlanta rain causes major flooding, road closures
September 21, 2009 at 3:35 pm by Thomas Wheatley in News
What’s felt like days of nonstop rain in metro Atlanta reached a crescendo Monday, causing deaths, road closures and sinkholes. As of this writing, 10 people have died in the floods. In Roswell, police and emergency worked to free children from a school bus trapped under power lines. Roads are closed, basements are flooded, and it appears this won’t end for a while.
Tessa Horehled of Drive a Faster Car captured video of flooded Peachtree Creek in Midtown West. Wait until about 27 seconds into the video. Yeah.
The AJC reports Peachtree Creek is on track to reach its third highest level on record. Horehled says there’s roughly a six foot drop (and then about a quarter of a mile hike) from where she recorded the video to the creek. She estimates the water level here’s at about eight feet. Keep in mind, this video was from earlier this afternoon, before the current bout of rainstorms.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
After the jump, Horehled’s videos.
Double-check to see if your insurance will cover flood damage. (The state says some insurance policies might not.) Here’s a list of Atlanta road closures. You can also follow news about flooded areas and road closures on twitter at #atlflood. Keep off the road if you can. If not, drive safe.
(UPDATE) Another video from Horehled. This one’s from DeFoors Ferry Road at Peachtree Creek.
September 21st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Sorry Thomas! Six feet down there + about 1/4 mile! That’s just flat tree covered land most of the time. The river is about 1/4 mile back from that drop…
September 21st, 2009 at 6:38 pm
so i heard on GSU radio, jokingly that people should gather up dry wood for an ark then i read this :
http://www.artstarblog.com/2009/09/building-ark-in-atlanta.html
September 21st, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Joeff, how in the hell did you get that shot?
September 21st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I haven’t spoken to JD about this photo, but it looks to me like he’s leaning out his driver’s side window heading east on North Ave. next to the Marietta Street overpass.